CSS International Relations chapter 5: History and regions MCQs with answers

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62 exam-style questions on History and regions, each with the answer and a short explanation. Ten of them are below to try. The chapter test draws ten fresh questions each time and is marked the moment you finish, with your score by topic.

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Ten History and regions questions with answers

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1. The Brezhnev Doctrine claimed the right of the USSR to

  1. A
    withdraw from Eastern Europe and leave the states to their own course
  2. B
    intervene in socialist states where socialism was thought to be threatened
  3. C
    sign a treaty of friendship with each neighbouring state
  4. D
    join NATO and end the division of Europe
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Answer: B. It was used to justify the invasion of Czechoslovakia in 1968.

2. The withdrawal of Soviet troops from Afghanistan was completed in

  1. A
    1983
  2. B
    1986
  3. C
    1989
  4. D
    1992
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Answer: C. After the Geneva Accords of 1988, the last Soviet troops left in February 1989.

3. The Durand Line of 1893 was drawn between

  1. A
    Iran and British India
  2. B
    China and British India
  3. C
    Russia and Afghanistan
  4. D
    Afghanistan and British India
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Answer: D. The line was agreed between Afghanistan's ruler and Sir Mortimer Durand of British India and later became the boundary with Pakistan.

4. In the war of June 1967 Israel captured the Golan Heights from

  1. A
    Egypt
  2. B
    Syria
  3. C
    Jordan
  4. D
    Lebanon
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Answer: B. Israel also took Sinai and Gaza from Egypt and the West Bank and East Jerusalem from Jordan.

5. The Truman Doctrine of March 1947 pledged American aid to

  1. A
    Poland and Hungary
  2. B
    Greece and Turkey
  3. C
    France and Italy
  4. D
    Iran and Iraq
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Answer: B. President Truman asked Congress for aid to Greece and Turkey and promised to support free peoples resisting outside pressure or armed minorities.

6. Before 1941 the American tradition that avoided permanent alliances and involvement in European wars is called

  1. A
    isolationism
  2. B
    containment
  3. C
    interventionism
  4. D
    collective security
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Answer: A. Washington's warning against entangling alliances became the basis of the tradition, which weakened after Pearl Harbor.

7. The Monroe Doctrine of 1823 declared that

  1. A
    the USA would help any state attacked by a communist power
  2. B
    the Americas were closed to further European colonisation
  3. C
    Europe would be divided into spheres of influence
  4. D
    the USA would join the Concert of Europe
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Answer: B. President Monroe warned European powers against new colonies in the Western Hemisphere and said the US would not meddle in Europe.

8. Which international institution helped bring about the Indus Waters Treaty?

  1. A
    The International Monetary Fund
  2. B
    The World Bank
  3. C
    The UN Security Council
  4. D
    The International Court of Justice
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Answer: B. The Bank mediated the long negotiations, and it also provided funds for replacement works in Pakistan.

9. In 1960 the Soviet Union warned Pakistan after

  1. A
    a Pakistani military aircraft crossed Soviet airspace without notice
  2. B
    a US U-2 spy plane that had taken off from Peshawar was shot down over the USSR
  3. C
    Pakistan recognised the government of Taiwan
  4. D
    Pakistan signed the Simla Agreement with India
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Answer: B. The incident showed the cost of Pakistan's alignment, as Khrushchev threatened action against the base.

10. The main aim of SAARC when it was founded in 1985 was to

  1. A
    form a military alliance of the South Asian states against outside powers
  2. B
    promote economic, social and cultural cooperation among the states of South Asia
  3. C
    create a customs union with a single currency within a few years
  4. D
    settle the territorial disputes that divide its member states
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Answer: B. SAARC was set up as a forum for regional cooperation in fields such as trade, health, culture and development, not as a defence pact or a body for settling disputes.

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How many History and regions MCQs are there?

62, each with the answer and a short explanation, across 4 topics: The Cold War and the post-Cold War order, Foreign policy of Pakistan, South Asia and the Middle East: historical issues, Major powers' foreign policy doctrines. Every chapter test draws ten of them, so you can take it many times.

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